📚 The Firedrake--Working on Ravensgame

Fantasy author who loves coffee, books, music, and the magic of words. Goldsong and Runedance are out, now I'm working on the third book, Ravensgame!

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With a lethal deadline looming over her, Traedis needs to find her uncle before it’s too late. But a new danger has emerged, and now she must learn the secrets of bardic runes before they topple her rule.

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His friends were dead, their broken bodies frosting over. He would join them soon if he could not get out of this #crevasse. His axe and pack were long gone.

As he searched for some flaw in the ice, a prismatic gleam pinwheeled behind it, opening a narrow corridor.
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Like a balloon without a #tether, Olivia felt herself floating away. In moments she was above the trees, lighter than dandelion fluff. And still she rose.

Her tears pulled her down, each a drop of gravity. Only, once down, she could think of nothing but gleaming skies.
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The #betrayal was that of their leader. Thinking he wanted to gain them more respect, they followed him, accepting his word.

But the Morningstar had demanded a hand in Creation, and they were all cast out. Fire shriveled their wings; their divine essence putrified.

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There was no #forgiveness for her actions; her jealousy had undone her. Trying to eclipse the glory of the Sun's face, she had angered the Council of Stars and paid for it.

Now, cast into celestial darkness, the Moon yearned for more than her lover's reflected light.
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Eja was different than others on the construction crew. With him there, buildings grew faster, accidents ceased. His presence encouraged the crew to #diligence.

Those were his first disciples. There were more; the God of Work inspired effort and the energy to create.
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#Haunted by a past she had never lived, Lila saw everything double: a lake where busy streets intersected; the ancient dwellings where now there were skyscrapers. Blue skies fought with smog and soot.

It was only one step between here and there. Lila lifted her foot.

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Moss lived in the woods, venturing out only to sell wine he distilled from birch sap and acorns. A #misfit among humans, he had long since retreated.

Still, dryads visited him; the Witch of the Woods traded recipes. And when the animals came for healing, he was content.
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A world hung suspended in a single #dewdrop. Within it the sun blazed through prismatic clouds; fields shaded in green and indigo stretched to the oddly curved horizon.

An entire civilization grew and died in the space of a morning before it evaporated in the day's heat.
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The garden bloomed once a month, at the moon's full.
Each #moonbeam woke a flower, which opened to scent the air with with dreams and memories.

On other nights, the gardener came to mulch the beds with regrets and sorrows, transforming them into food for new hope.

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The old woman had lost what #affection she had for others. She had outlived husband and children; rumor said she had poisoned them. They lied; her family had died worse deaths.

Now, tired of her role, she shed her borrowed skin, returning to her natural monstrous form.
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Hi, friends! Here is my April flash piece! Who are the shadowcatchers? Find out! $2 gets monthly flash piece, answer to writing questions, $5 gets that and thank you in a novel, look at old writing, etc.

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The man had lost his #name. Without the anchor of identity, he could slip between the cracks of worlds; slide into other times; watch the same sunrise over and over.

His vehicle was another's flesh, his eyes the thoughts of those who never forgot exactly who they were.

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The #dichotomous nature of elven country was not immediately apparent. It sheltered its denizens in a green, peaceful twilight.

But the trees grew from the bones of the unworthy, their delicate fronds reaching like fingers to strangle any mortal who sullied elven earth.

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The #lunar phase was a waning crescent, coming to dark. It dusted the grass; twinkled off the water as its light dwindled with each passing hour.

Night creatures waited; star time was coming. When the cold moon left, they would celebrate the glory of the spangled skies.

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